1783 / 1800, France
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1783 / 1800, France
- Identifier
- 43.2301a-b
- Transfer of custody
- MFA Boston
- Acquisition
- The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, to the MFA 1943 / The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 62%
- Embroidery 58%
- Embroidery 69%
- Embroidery 99%
- Depiction
- Floral motif 75%
- Floral motif 80%
- Floral motif 77%
- Floral motif 75%
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Small perfume bottle, flattened, almost circular shape. Clear glass with gilt metal cap, both covered with strung glass beads (called sablé) held together with looping stitches. White ground with lady seated by tree on one side, balloon over landscape on other side, Good Condition.
